Storm Station
Durham, California
65° 81°/57°
Overcast· Feels like 65°·Light breeze 5 mph E
Cloudy. Low around 56, with temperatures rising to around 60 overnight. East southeast wind around 3 mph.
0UV Low
50Air quality
28%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
12:30 AM
65feels65
now, overcast
Today
Sep 27
8157
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
9054
clear day
Tue
Sep 29
9861
overcast
Wed
Sep 30
9663
clear day
Thu
Oct 1
9765
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
9967
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
10469
partly cloudy day
65°
81°57°
90°54°
98°61°
96°63°
97°65°
99°67°
104°69°

As of 12:30 AM in Durham, California.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Durham, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Openshaw RAWSCICC1

A remote fire weather station/9.6 mi away/263 ft/105 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,081of 3,115

Chico MunicipalCIC

At an airfield/10.8 mi away/240 ft/82 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3,072of 3,115

measured daily2 instruments

Durham 5.0 NECA-BT-21

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/162 ft/4 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Chico University FarmCHUC1

On a college campus/3.3 mi away/186 ft/28 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Openshaw RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 9.6 mi from Durham. From its report of Sep 26, 2026, 11:54 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

67.0 F with a dew point of 41.9 F, 40 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Openshaw RAWS: temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.9, 40 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CICC1FIG. B THE AIR AT OPENSHAW RAWSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 5,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.5 FTEMPERATURE 67.0 FDEW POINT 41.9 FSPREAD 25.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 40 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEOpenshaw RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP CICC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CICC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (44 degrees) at 6 mph, gusting 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 11 mph.

Plan of the wind at Openshaw RAWS, north up: blowing from 44 degrees, the northeast, at 6 miles an hour, gusting 7; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CICC1FIG. C THE WIND AT OPENSHAW RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 44°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOpenshaw RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP CICC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CICC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 263 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.64 inHg and the temperature at 58.1 F; it reports 67.0 F, 8.9 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Openshaw RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 263 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.64 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.1 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CICC1FIG. D WHERE OPENSHAW RAWS STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREOPENSHAW RAWS1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT263 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.64 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.1 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED67.0 FTITLEOpenshaw RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP CICC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CICC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Openshaw RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in California

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